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Thread Number: 24147
Whirlpool closing Evansville plant |
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| Post# 375345 8/28/2009 at 10:45 (5,348 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Beginning mid 2010 the refrigerators and freezers made at this plant will be manufactured at another plant in Mexico. Approx 1100 jobs will be lost in this closure. | ||
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Post# 375379 , Reply# 2 8/28/2009 at 15:31 (5,347 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Good Lord, does this mean that only Electrolux/Frigidaire is making refrigeration equipment in the US? Does GE still manufacture refrigeration products here? Did Amana come with Whirlpool's purchase of Maytag? Have they stopped manufacturing here, as well? It's starting to look like Frigidaire and Speed Queen might be getting lonely. | ||
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Post# 375390 , Reply# 4 8/28/2009 at 16:28 (5,347 days old) by supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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As was mentioned in a recent GE thread, GE makes top freezer models at Appliance Park in Louisville. Source was a recent Louisville Courier-Journal article. I read last year that the Amana Refrigeration plant in Amana, Iowa was still making the bottom freezer units, but demand had dropped off sharply with the recession. The pressure to cut costs in the appliance industry must be tremendous, because the public has shown NO reluctance to buy imported appliances. I always look to see where something is made before buying, but it's obvious the average person couldn't care less. If your competition is manufacturing in low wage countries, why shouldn't you? :( | ||
| Post# 375459 , Reply# 5 8/28/2009 at 20:43 (5,347 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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GE SIDE BY SIDES GE Profile side by side refrigerators are made in Mexico too. | ||
| Post# 375460 , Reply# 6 8/28/2009 at 20:48 (5,347 days old) by westie2 () | ||
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Whirlpool Ft. Smith Arkansas They still make refrigerators in Ft. Smith. But lots of there products have gone to Mexico also. In 2006 they had 4,500 employees and now down to 1,300. They make the side by sides there. CLICK HERE TO GO TO westie2's LINK | ||
| Post# 375461 , Reply# 7 8/28/2009 at 20:54 (5,347 days old) by westie2 () | ||
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More about the Ft. Smith plant This is today. CLICK HERE TO GO TO westie2's LINK | ||
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Post# 375469 , Reply# 8 8/28/2009 at 21:28 (5,347 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 375470 , Reply# 9 8/28/2009 at 21:31 (5,347 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 375532 , Reply# 13 8/29/2009 at 10:29 (5,347 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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My new Electrolux IQ washer & dryer were made in a plant in Mexico. I was hoping that somehow the would have at least been made in Sweden in a plant that plays ABBA all day on their background music system. Oh well.......... | ||
| Post# 375544 , Reply# 15 8/29/2009 at 11:50 (5,347 days old) by toploader1984 () | ||
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i think GE is also starting to make more things here to create jobs, i read on another thread. | ||
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